Balkans

Croatia's Long Hot Summer

A succession of foreign visitors have being turning up the heat on Zagreb over war crimes. And things look set to get hotter still.

16 Nov 05

Open Field For Gligorov Succession

As Macedonia's veteran president Kiro Gligorov prepares to bow out of politics, would-be successors are jockeying for position in what is an increasingly open race.

16 Nov 05

Will Romania Be Left Out?

Bucharest is determined to ingratiate itself with the West and integrate itself in European institutions. But Romanians are sceptical about talk of a Stability Pact for south-eastern Europe.

16 Nov 05

Sandzak's Black-Market Bugle Boys

Muslims who fled Yugoslavia's Sandzak region are not returning, and little else is functioning except for factories starting once again to make 'Original' Levi's 501 jeans and other bogus brand names.

16 Nov 05

Minority At Risk

Most of Pristina's remaining Serbs are elderly women. Yet they are still targets for "revenge" attacks.

16 Nov 05

Breaking The Mould

Buoyed by the promise of a Stability Pact for south-eastern Europe and the prospect of new electoral laws, Bosnia's Social Democratic Party is expanding into Republika Srpska and hopes to appeal to Serb voters.

16 Nov 05

Empty Declaration

Some 20,000 Serbs and Croats were supposed to return to Sarajevo in 1998, the so-called "year of minority return". Nine months into 1999, the number of returnees remains disappointing.

16 Nov 05

Who's In Charge Here?

Foreign soldiers, aid workers and journalists are settling in Pristina, expecting a long stay in a post-war land where only the NGOs' acronyms are in order.

16 Nov 05

Trouble Ahead

As the UN struggles to build its presence in Kosovo, the problems it faces mount by the day.

16 Nov 05

Trouble at The Top

Members of Kosovo's provisional government are angry over the international community's refusal to accord them even temporary legitimacy.

16 Nov 05
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